Yearly Archives: 1999

A public forum on judicial campaign finance reform, sponsored by the American Bar Association Standing Committee on Judicial Independence, will be conducted Wednesday (Sept. 1) at The University of Texas at Austin School of Law.

A memorial ceremony celebrating the life of Professor Emeritus James L. Kinneavy of The University of Texas at Austin will be held Aug. 27 from 4 p.m. to 5:15 p.m. in the Jessen Auditorium in Rainey Hall on the University campus.

The University of Texas at Austin will begin accepting early reservations next week for public tours of the Tower observation deck, which will begin on Sept. 16.

The replica is made by putting a soft latex jacket around fossilized pieces to make a mold. The mold is later filled with epoxy or fiberglass. The first cast of the piece of fossil becomes the master cast and is saved, because it will last longer than the mold.

No one can apply just the right finishing touch like Austin architect and artisan Lars Stanley.

Art dances with science in the grand finale of GONE TO TEXAS '99, producing a magical medley of light and sound against the backdrop of the 307-foot-tall UT Austin Tower. The laser light show will provide a dramatic conclusion to the one-hour GTT program, set for 8 p.m., Tuesday, Aug. 24.

As a graduate of one of the five health magnet high schools in Texas, incoming UT Austin freshman Tessa Avila seems well prepared for the academic challenges she will face as a student in the School of Nursing.

This year, the laser show at GONE TO TEXAS '99 will be even more spectacular than in the past, promising to provide colorful, lasting memories of the event.

The Texas Institute for Public Problem Solving (TIPPS) at The University of Texas at Austin will host a statewide conference on Aug. 16-18 dealing with domestic violence.

Barry R. McCaffrey, who as director of the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy heads the nation's effort to win the war on drugs, will discuss his office's drug control strategy during a lecture at The University of Texas at Austin on Aug. 9.